Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are now at a point in this evolution where , I believe , the climate is more favourable than hitherto to cooperation between linguists and educationalists . |
| 2 | The remote island of Pantelleria , off the coast of Sicily and more than halfway to Tunisia , produces a superb dessert wine . |
| 3 | It was well known — except apparently to Bromley , Brown and Davenport , who looked hopelessly puzzled — that Rozanov had survived his ordeal in a psikhushka partly by developing shamanistic powers . |
| 4 | ‘ The wind of change ’ , that phrase coined by Harold Macmillan in 1960 , grew to have amore general application than just to Africa , or just to politics . |
| 5 | Are we right to fight for responses to be channelled through National offices , rather than directly to Waterloo . |
| 6 | Although close to death — he died shortly afterwards at his Ilminster home — he insisted on going through with his contribution . |
| 7 | Although close to retirement , he still took an active part in teaching the University students , and the breadth of his knowledge embraced not only clinical forensic work , but also the most up-to-date laboratory tests . |
| 8 | Reports from Lebanon suggest that British hostages could be closer than ever to freedom . |
| 9 | His security undermined , he was now more vulnerable than ever to Mauve 's voice and its cutting edge , to his cold eyes , the touch of condescension . |
| 10 | That was why , Claudia saw suddenly , Fleur had clung more than ever to Dana after their father 's death . |
| 11 | Now the country is opening its doors wider than ever to tourists . |
| 12 | The whole momentum of the 1984 Act , with its emphasis on detention , interrogation , and confessions , has made the right to silence more vulnerable than ever to allegations that it is out of date , too favourable to criminals , and anachronistic . |
| 13 | However , care must be exercised in the analysis of unfamiliar languages , as demonstratives are often organized with respect to contrasts between participant-roles rather than simply to distance in concentric circles from a fixed deictic centre ( the speaker 's location at CT ) . |
| 14 | They provide a very active participation in the many voluntary groups supporting the revolution and contribute much more than previously to development through participation in the labour force . |
| 15 | So I phoned her last Nancy phoned me last Friday afternoon before she went on holiday to tell me , and I phoned I was n't sure whether just to sort of play it low key or then I thought , Well I know I really should just give here a wee ring . |
| 16 | I bequeath my house as above to Mr. Clive Smith together with half the value of my shares , the total of which are just under £17,000 . |
| 17 | Their fellow liberal Unitarian , S.A. Steinthal , however , thought the old Broad Street leadership , ‘ these orthodox gentlemen ’ , were as intolerant as ever to reformers of his persuasion ‘ but to others they are all light ’ . |
| 18 | Mrs Thatcher has made it clear that Britain remains as adamantly opposed as ever to sanctions and has no intention of joining in new measures against South Africa . |
| 19 | Be careful how you react to QDM changes when close to ETA . |
| 20 | Of a total of 14 portfolios , nine went to the ruling Liberal Party ( PL ) , two to the Conservative Party ( PSC ) , one each to the National Salvation Movement ( MSN ) and to the New Democratic Forces ( NFD ) , and one as before to Camilo González Pozo , a member of the left-wing April-19 Movement Democratic Alliance ( ADM-19 ) , who remained Health Minister . |
| 21 | Accountability must flow downwards and outwards to users of the service , as well as upwards to councillors and ministers . |
| 22 | In these very years not a few of the lesser clergy were contributing as well to purveyances and local commissions of array , and suffering with the whole community the repercussions of wool customs . |
| 23 | It was , however , the advice of the law officers of the day , and it has been assumed to be correct ( inter alia by Parliament in the Royal Titles Act 1953 ) , that upon failure of male heirs , primogeniture should apply as well to females . |
| 24 | Style is important as well to newspapers . |
| 25 | Yes , we need to agree this , unpalatable as it is , to go forwards to P and R , to expose what the five percent reduction is , and to indicate as well to P and R other points that we , we want to say about these specific services . |
| 26 | And I 'm intending to , to hold a few more assemblies as well to sort of get interest going again because it 's been a while since we did an assembly on it , so if we do another one , that usually gets it going again does n't it ? |
| 27 | and see they come okay , because you need to do the drawing as well to sort of get you used |
| 28 | I 'll say thanks very much to Councillor Stuart Argyle for coming in our thanks as well to David Poole for joining us on the phone thanks David . |
| 29 | Yeah this is another little erm I suppose an added bonus as well to Foster and Allen . |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose so ; though surely to God Mack will have done that ! ’ |